Book
A preliminary description of the Javanese kinship system
Yale University, Southeast Asia Studies • New Haven • Published In 1957 • Pages: 6, 111
By: Koentjaraningrat.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this source the author addresses the purpose of this paper (“to describe the kinship system of the Javanese”) by identifying the significant ties of descent, nuclear family, kinship, and neighborhood as they are manifested in various life cycles and ceremonials. The stages of infancy, childhood, adolescence and adulthood are discussed with an emphasis on kin behavior and kin terminology. His data are derived primarily from his own knowledge and memory.A glossary is included.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Classes
- Kinship terminology
- Kin relationships
- Infancy and childhood
- Family relationships
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Javanese
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Del Childs ; Jan Simpson ; 1982
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Java, Indonesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- R. M. Koentjaraningrat
- Includes bibliographical references (leaves 106-109)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 58001044
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Javanese (Indonesian people)